Alignment Nashville Children's Health Initiative and NPT Reports: Children's Health Crisis Documentary Series
Nov 18, 2010
Documentary Series airs on WNPT at 8:00pm Thursday, November 18, 2010
What Health Risks Are Associated With Childhood Obesity?
1. Approximately 60 percent of overweight children ages 5-10 have at least one physiological risk factor for heart disease and stroke, such as elevated total cholesterol, triglycerides, insulin or high blood pressure. Twenty five percent of overweight children had two or more such risk factors.
2. For children born in the U.S. in 2000, the risk of being diagnosed with diabetes during their lives is 33 percent for males and 39 percent for females. This risk is directly related to diet and physical activity.
3. Childhood obesity is also a factor associated with sleep apnea, orthopedic complications and mental health problems.
Source: www.healthystates.csg.org
In 2009 and 2010, the Alignment Nashville Children’s Health Executive Oversight Committee and its related Children’s Health Initiative (CHI) committees are working with Nashville Public Television (NPT) on the production of a series of documentary programs based upon the ‘Five Goals for Children’s Health in Nashville‘ central to the Children’s Health Initiative.
1: All Children Begin Life Healthy – Healthy Starts Committee
2: Children and Youth Engage in Healthy Practices – Healthy Eating & Active Living Committee
3: Adolescents are Sexually Responsible – Adolescent Sexual Responsibility Committee
4: Children and Youth will have Access to Primary Care – Primary Care Committee
5: Children and Youth are Mentally Well – Behavioral Health Committee
The CHI committees will be working to develop and leverage this documentary series to focus attention on the issues addressed by each of the committees.
For more information about the Alignment Nashville Children’s Health Initiative and the Children’s Health Executive Oversight Committee, please contact:
Sydney Rogers, Executive Director.
